cultural, political factors come into play in the documentation based on laws or their implementation or lived experiences of women. Access to justice can also be conceived differently by women such as in the case where women stopped pursuing the cases which cannot automatically considered as disempowerment. In terms of documentation system, unless it is a sworn statement, it is not honored in the legal system while if stories are recorded, this can already be used in the referral pathway and even in accessing of services. These nuances sometimes become a cause of frustration for advocates or service providers. The presentation pointed to some challenges in the development and use of the framework:  How sensitive is the existing mechanisms and support systems to the intersectionality of women’s identities and contexts when they document their experience of gender-based violence? How is this mirrored in the services open to and provided to diverse groups of women?  How is the end point of case management conceptualized e.g. access to justice, empowerment, and consequently, documented?  How can the process of women’s empowerment be documented, recognizing that legal victory may not be the endpoint for many women or their ideas of justice? It was further indicated that what is documented and what is not should both be sources of information and findings. For many government agencies which produce national level data, female or male disaggregation is enough and does not account for LGBTQ++. Additional questions such as disabilities or gender identities, are not included in intake forms, although social/case worker can take note of these if they are more conscious of such. Lastly, the presentation drew out some practical and doable recommendations in the roll-out of GBV Observatory:  Information on a range of identities of women which may have been contributing to her marginalization such as ethnicity, SOGIE and abilities, among others should be included in intake forms or client data sheets. For instance, national level data may be made available by national agencies but lose the nuances of GBV in special circumstances such as for IP women who will be asked if they will choose to be under the IP processes.  Documentation, research and publication of capacities of direct service providers and agencies, especially at the local level should be strengthened. As such, the academe can be tapped as partners in these aspects.  Local data (city, municipal and provincial levels) on gender-based violence, recognizing the context- and even culture-specific nature of the social construction of GBV should be published. National data will gloss over the local level information. The barangay should also be considered as a filtering mechanism for gender-based violence. In Muslim communities, the opinion of the community on where justice lie may not be similar to the mainstream opinion but is valuable to the members of the community. Some see this as disempowering as the welfare of the woman, will be subsumed into the community welfare as there are instances which can cause RIDO. 16